Post by Hakuna on Mar 12, 2014 11:22:29 GMT -5

Bio:There is a new musical gang from Hackney who are blazing a trail through the charts and this week at the SXSW festival, promoting the values of love, happiness and joyous dancing with their infectious blend of soulful sounds. Rudimental are the band you have almost certainly heard without having much of a clue as to who they actually are, such has been the speed of their success.Feel the Love, their debut single, crashed into the charts at No 1 and became the soundtrack to the summer, soon followed by another top–20 hit, Not Giving in. Their debut live show at the Hackney Weekend in June beat Rihanna and Jay Z to became the most shared performance online of the entire festival. By the time the collective appeared on the Christmas Top of the Pops special, most tweets read along the lines of "So that's what Rudimental look like!"Bolstered on record and stage by a gaggle of guests, Rudimental remind you of those great musical gangs like Madness or Sly and the Family Stone. At their core the group is made up of three Hackney lads in their mid–twenties – Kesi Dryden, Piers Aggett and Leon Rolle – along with Camden native Amir Amor.

Dryden, Aggett and Rolle are childhood friends, and all three ended up as mentors and music assistants in Hackney schools while making their own music. They met Amir at his studio, worked together and decided to become a foursome.The name Rudimental came from Dryden's childhood piano book ("I wasn't too keen on the classes but my mum would bribe me with a chicken burger if I went") and, while Feel the Love had a drum and bass foundation, their music pulses with the breadth of their musical influences."Growing up in Hackney, I had a Jamaican guy next door playing reggae, a teenager upstairs playing garage, and then an Indian family on the other side playing their music. There is so much talent in Hackney – I went to school with Labrinth and Paloma Faith. Assemblies were incredible," says Dryden.-Telegraph UK

Discography:Home(2013)

Genres: Drum and bass, liquid funk, jungle, soul, electronicInfluences: Sly & the Family Stone, Madness, Massive Attack, Mumford & SonsSounds like: *I'm really struggling to come up with a good comparison and the Spotify similar artists just don't really work. Anyone with any ideas please feel free to share!

My Take:So there you have it, there isn't a ton of info out there as they are relative newcomers. So rather than sell you with information and a lengthy discography, I'm going to try with their music. I only recently discovered Rudimental with the Bonnaroo lineup and they have become the fastest risers up my must-see list. Admittedly, their live show is VERY different than their recorded music. They both are great on their own level. It's not a great comparison but STS9 comes to mind, with production heavy electronic recorded music and leaving that all behind for an all instrument live show. Their album reminds me a lot of Disclosure's as it features guest vocalists on every song. Before moving on to their live stuff, let's check out a couple of their music videos.

This was my first exposure to Rudimental. It's catchy as hell and I instantly wanted to dance to it on the farm.

Further investigation led me to this and I then became hooked. Just a cool, inspirational song.

Beyond the album, there is a bunch of other material out there, there are loads or remixes and collaborations with some really cool people(Nas, Childish Gambino).

Since almost all of their songs feature guest lead vocals, Rudimental has a touring female lead vocalists. It's usually Anna-marie(in the videos below, and she's got pipes!) but there are about 4 women they use in total. Here are some live videos from LoveBox 2013:

2013 was really their first year on the festival scene and BBC named them the Festival Band of the Summer!

Average Setlist:

Give You Up Right Here More Than Anything Spoons Baby Not Giving In Home Hell Could Freeze Bloodstream Free Powerless Solo Original Nutter Feel the Love

Encore:Breathe Hide Waiting All Night

Closing thoughts:Not much will keep me from seeing Rudimental. I'm hoping for a Thursday Tent closer. Their position on the lineup might be just a little too low for that and I'm worried they may just end up with an afternoon tent spot. I'll be there anyway, hopefully I've convinced some of you to join me!

Bonus Videos:I'll leave you with these 2 bonus videos.The first is a recent performance from the BRIT awards(where they also took home Best Single for the song). It's a mashup(with Bastille) of Waiting All Night and Pompeii. The second is the bevy of touring vocalist, referring to themselves as "The Vaginas of Rudimental" covering Royals.

Post by antoinek91 on Mar 12, 2014 11:50:42 GMT -5

Pretty sure until now I thought rudimental and high contrast were one in the same (or confusing them for eachother). They both have a DnB sound at the core with a much more melodic approach to vocals and chord progressions, right?

Thanks Professor. Would you mind going through the last 11 days and site any other citation errors? MLA format only.

Not really, because I was genuinely interested to see what someone had to say about Rudimenal, but recognised that sentence. I'm just saying that if you're going to lift whole paragraphs or sentences from somewhere else you should make ti clear that you are doing so, and not present it as your own work.

Post by Hakuna on Mar 12, 2014 12:15:54 GMT -5

Thanks Professor. Would you mind going through the last 11 days and site any other citation errors? MLA format only.

Not really, because I was genuinely interested to see what someone had to say about Rudimenal, but recognised that sentence. I'm just saying that if you're going to lift whole paragraphs or sentences from somewhere else you should make ti clear that you are doing so, and not present it as your own work.

i said it was from the telegraph uk, never tried to present it as my own, sorry i forgot to go back and throw a link in, look back, not everyone else has every single time.

Post by Hakuna on Mar 12, 2014 13:01:26 GMT -5

Thanks Professor. Would you mind going through the last 11 days and site any other citation errors? MLA format only.

none in mine

I wrote from the HEART

(and the brain)

Ya, I really didn't have too too much to work with, it was a learning experience for me as well(which I think is part of the fun in this). I really didn't see a need in paraphrasing or putting what little information is out there into my own words, just for the sake of doing so. Had it been you( or someone else who has or even plans on contributing a day), who said something along the lines of, you know maybe you should add a link, i would have been more than happy to. As any of you have done one know, these things take some time to put together and when someone who doesn't even contribute begins to nitpick less than a minute after posting it can be a little annoying.

Post by Boner on Mar 12, 2014 13:07:13 GMT -5

Ya, I really didn't have too too much to work with, it was a learning experience for me as well(which I think is part of the fun in this). I really didn't see a need in paraphrasing or putting what little information is out there into my own words, just for the sake of doing so. Had it been you( or someone else who has or even plans on contributing a day), who said something along the lines of, you know maybe you should add a link, i would have been more than happy to. As any of you have done one know, these things take some time to put together and when someone who doesn't even contribute begins to nitpick less than a minute after posting it can be a little annoying.

How do we know, that you are in fact, not Bernadette McNulty? Maybe this is why you left out her name and only cited the site.

Post by Hakuna on Mar 12, 2014 13:11:48 GMT -5

Ya, I really didn't have too too much to work with, it was a learning experience for me as well(which I think is part of the fun in this). I really didn't see a need in paraphrasing or putting what little information is out there into my own words, just for the sake of doing so. Had it been you( or someone else who has or even plans on contributing a day), who said something along the lines of, you know maybe you should add a link, i would have been more than happy to. As any of you have done one know, these things take some time to put together and when someone who doesn't even contribute begins to nitpick less than a minute after posting it can be a little annoying.

How do we know, that you are in fact, not Bernadette McNulty? Maybe this is why you left out her name and only cited the site.

Post by Roo'adelphia on Mar 12, 2014 13:25:54 GMT -5

Saw them at Made in America last year. Being that I had never herd of them, I can say I walked away impressed. Really upbeat with touches of electronica and rock. The band it really tight. and I didnt know they had so many female leads tour with them. I remember the blonde and she had a great vocal range. Will be seeing them barring conflicts.

Post by hairpantsmodel on May 15, 2014 19:36:33 GMT -5

Scheduling conflict. The conflict being between May 30 and bonnaroo they couldn't book any gigs nearby, meanwhile, every festival in Europe came calling. Guess they said quack this to Bonnaroo given they can play 4 festivals in 5 nights back on the other side of the pond.

Really chaps my ass. Was really looking forward to catching them again. They were great at osheaga and voodoo last year, even with the early set times.